Current Affairs Questions for RBI Grade-B Phase-1 Exam: 12th June 2017

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Q1. President Pranab Mukherjee has launched the ______________ mobile application, aimed at raising awareness about female foeticide and sex selection.

(a) Selfie with Wife

(b) Selfie with Mother

(c) Selfie with Daughter

(d) Selfie with Sister

(e) Selfie with Friend

Q2. Which among the following Banks is the Lead Bank for Thiruvananthapuram district and it has launched the Retail Mart, a retail lending concept, in Kerala’s capital city?

(a) Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)

(b) State Bank of India (SBI)

(c) Bank of Baroda (BOB)

(d) Punjab National Bank (PNB)

(e) Central Bank of India (CBI)

Q3. The Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN)  under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, has initiated a Yoga Awareness Drive through Mascots and Flash Mobs __________ prior to International Yoga Day to increase the popularity of Yoga, especially among the youth.

(a) Yogya

(b) Yogasan

(c) Yogdhyan

(d) YogMob

(e) None of the given options is true

Q4. Name the players, who have clinched the French Open men’s doubles title 2017?

(a) Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young 

(b) Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison

(c) Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka

(d) Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer 

(e) Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova

Q5. Who is the present MD & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank?

(a) Sunil Mehta

(b) Dinabandhu Mohapatra

(c) RA Sankara Narayanan

(d) B K Manjunath

(e) R Subramaniakumar

Q6. The Ministry of AYUSH was formed on __________ to ensure the optimal development and propagation of AYUSH systems of health care.

(a) 09th November 2014

(b) 09th November 2012

(c) 09th November 2016

(d) 09th November 2015

(e) 09th November 2013

Q7. Who has won her first Grand Slam title in the women’s final of the French Open 2017? 

(a) Margaret Scriven

(b) Jelena Ostapenko

(c) Simona Halep

(d) Maria Sharapova

(e) Serena Williams

Q8. Name the thespian Bengali actor, who has been conferred with the France’s highest civilian honour, the coveted Legion of Honour recently.

(a) Satyajit Ray

(b) Victor Banerjee

(c) Soumitra Chatterjee

(d) Mithun Chakraborty

(e) None of the given options is true

Q9. Name the US actor, who rose to prominence in the 1960s for a TV series Batman was passed away in Los Angeles recently?

(a) Jack Nicholson

(b) Will Smith

(c) Johnny Depp

(d) Adam West

(e) None of the given options is true

Q10. Aiming to reduce emissions and promote sustainability to help India’s smart city programme, France and the European Union have extended a grant of __________ under the ‘Moblise Your City’ (MYC) initiative.

(a) 210 million euros

(b) 100 million euros

(c) 8.5 million euros

(d) 50 million euros

(e) 3.5 million euros

Q11. Furthering the agenda for cooperative federalism, NITI Aayog has launched SATH, a program providing with the State Governments. SATH stands for-

(a) Sustainable Action for Transforming Honour Capital

(b) Scheme Action for Transforming Human Capital

(c) Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital

(d) Sustainable Agency for Transforming Human Capital 

(e) Sustainable Association for Transport Human Capital

Q12. Who has won the record 10th French men’s Open title 2017? 

(a) Rafael Nadal

(b) Stan Wawrinka

(c) Jelena Ostapenko

(d) Novak Djokovic

(e) Andy Murray

Q13. Who is the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?

(a) Prof. Ramesh Chand

(b) Bibek Debroy

(c) Rao Inderjit Singh

(d) Narendra Modi 

(e) Arvind Panagariya

Q14. The European Union is a unique economic and political union between _________ countries that together cover much of the continent.

(a) 30 European

(b) 29 European

(c) 26 European

(d) 28 European 

(e) 29 European

Q15. Who is the present Prime Minister of France?

(a) Angela Merkel

(b) Edouard Philippe

(c) Mariano Rajoy

(d) Emmanuel Macron

(e) Alexis Tsipras

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